# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220240680012` · 02/29/2024 · Northshore Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Fireman - locomotive, Railroad clam operator, Timekeeper, Yard engine operator
- **Activity:** Lay or repair railroad track
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** 20
- **Mine experience:** 7 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Operator:** Northshore Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2100209](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/2100209)
## Narrative

While attempting to remove damaged railroad ties from underneath a rail frog, an excavator bucket was used to lift one end of the frog, so an angle bar could be put underneath in order to remove the damaged ties. The frog slipped off the excavator bucket, causing the angle bar to strike an employee in the mouth, causing damage to the employee's lip and some of employee's teeth.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*